William Shakespeare Chernyshova Anna 9 «A» School 638 Saint - Petersburg

In the history of Great Britain there are a lot of famous names In the history of Great Britain there are a lot of famous names. The name of William Shakespeare is one of them.

William Shakespeare, the great English poet and dramatist, was born in 1564 in the town of Stratford-on-Avon. There were no theatres in England then. Groups of actors travelled from town to town showing performances in the street. Sometimes actors came to Stratford-on-Avon. The boy went to see all their shows and liked them very much. He wanted to became an actor.

Sometimes he wrote little plays and staged them with his friends Sometimes he wrote little plays and staged them with his friends. When he was twenty one. William went to London. There he joined a group of actors. At first he only helped actors and then began writing plays for them. Soon Shakespeare's plays were staged more and more and became famous.

The theatre where he worked was called "The Globe", it became the first professional theatre.

Shakespeare wrote 37 plays: 10 tragedies (such as Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, Romeo and Juliet,Macbeth), 17 comedies (such as As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing), 10 historical plays (such as Henry 4, Richard 3). He also left 7 books of poems and sonnets.

Shakespeare showed the real life and attitudes between people Shakespeare showed the real life and attitudes between people. Love and death, friendship and treason, devotion and lie are the main ideas of his plays. Shakespeare's works will always be interesting for all people.

The interesting Facts about William Shakespeare Before death, William Shakespeare wrote the whole treatise of damnations to the one who will try to rebury its grave: "A damnation to the person who will touch these stones, I will damn the one who will move my bones". One of plays of the dramatist is lost forever. The play "Kardenio" which is attributed to the dramatist, and which went at his life, was completely lost. The great dramatist experienced on himself violation of copyright. In 1609, many of its sonnets were published without its permission. Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" that means "murder". William married the woman who was almost twice more senior than him. Anna Hatauey was 26 years old when she married 18-year-old William. Shakespeare and his wife had eight children